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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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